whats the history behind this...whats the deal?!
2006-12-18 07:50:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Because if it were 4:21, it would be called 4:21.
2006-12-18 07:57:20 · answer #1 · answered by darwin_kepler_edison 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
"420" began in 1971 as a bit of slang casually used by a group of high school kids at San Rafael High School in California. "420" (always pronounced "four-twenty," never "four hundred and twenty") came to be an accepted within that group of about a dozen pot smokers as a reminder of the time they planned to meet to light up; 4:20 p.m. This wasn't a general call to all dope smokers everywhere to toke up at twenty past four every day; it was twelve kids who'd made a date to meet near a certain statue. It's thus incorrect to deem that "420" originated as a national or international dope-smoking time, even though the term began as a reference to a particular time of day.
420 is the penal code section for marijuana use in California. Nope. Section 420 of the California penal code refers to obstructing entry on public land. The penal codes of other states list different entries for 420, but none of them matches anything having to do with marijuana. However, on January 1, 2004 the Governor of California signed that State's Senate Bill 420 which regulates marijuana used for medical purposes.
2006-12-18 08:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well, presumably it takes 4 minutes and 20 seconds for a person to get high after their first hit off of marijuana.
Ooo, i didn't know the police code stuff. That makes more sense. I'd been told 4:20 was the amount of time to get high.
2006-12-18 07:52:49 · answer #3 · answered by willow oak 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
4:20 is the pot heads way to say smoke weed time. the number 420 was originally used as a number for a pager to deal.
2006-12-18 07:53:15 · answer #4 · answered by EmptynessOfTears 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it's not called 4:30 !
2006-12-18 07:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm assuming you're talking about weed. 420 is the penal code for marijuana.
2006-12-18 07:53:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Check out this site
http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.htm
2006-12-18 07:55:19 · answer #7 · answered by Shmesh 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
thats the police code
thats what i have heard anyways
2006-12-18 07:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by Steven Colbert 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋